We've seen iPods go into space before. That's cool and all, but wouldn't it be cooler to determine what the astronauts actually listen to out there? The European Space Agency (ESA) wants to make that happen.The task is simple: Think of the ten songs you would want to hear if you were on the International Space Station (ISS), and write them down. The ESA will declare one list the winner, load it onto an iPod and send that iPod to the ISS via their brand new Automated Transfer Vehicle (it will be the vehicle's maiden voyage, in fact) later this year. In addition, the winner will travel to Kourou, French Guiana (South America) to watch the ATV launch.
Check out the complete rules here. Good luck.
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4-26-2007 @ 8:34AM
Marco said...
Yes, cool, but you should be under 18..
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4-26-2007 @ 8:54AM
Stephen Macklin said...
Leaving aside the fact that I can't enter because I'm a 40+ American, they blew it with the prizes. Part of the grand prize should be that the winner gets the iPod when it comes back from space.
That would be cool.
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4-26-2007 @ 11:15AM
Erica Sadun said...
What a fabulous picture you used there! Nice work.
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4-26-2007 @ 11:39AM
Donald Burr said...
Obviuosly, one of the song picks MUST be "Also Sprach Zarathustra."
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4-26-2007 @ 12:05PM
Gustav said...
You have to be under 18? Damn...
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4-26-2007 @ 3:02PM
Sabon said...
I can't believe someone hasn't already put in "Space Oddity" by David Bowie
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4-26-2007 @ 7:08PM
Donald Burr said...
Major Tom, by Peter Schilling would also be a good follow-on to "Space Oddity."
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4-27-2007 @ 7:31AM
rod said...
I've read this same news on a couple of sites - you guys definitely have the coolest pic.
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6-30-2007 @ 11:01AM
Terry Donohue said...
I can't imagine any real astronaut would want to hear many, if any, songs on a list compiled by someone eighteen years of age or younger.
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